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Uncle Sam knows best

By Alyson Brodsy and Kirk Nathanson · Tuesday, Aug. 29,2006 10:12 p.m.

By taking advantage of a relatively new technology known as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, some cities in Great Britain are piloting a program that will weigh the garbage each business and household creates and provide monetary incentives to encourage recycling.

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IU drops student entrance fee for 5 sports

By Michael Sanserino · Tuesday, Aug. 29,2006 9:20 a.m.

The IU athletics department will not charge students admission to certain home sporting events, though last fall IU trustees approved a measure that said it would. The policy reversal affects regular season home contests for men's and women's soccer, volleyball and wrestling, which would have cost students $5 for admission.

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After the storm

By Nick O'Neill · Tuesday, Aug. 29,2006 12:13 a.m.

One year after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, New Orleans natives enrolled at IU are still dealing with their losses, both in financial and emotional terms. Despite everything that has been taken away from them, these students remain optimistic that the rebirth of the city will come. IU senior Carrie Bart, a New Orleans native, said a lot of her friends are transferring from schools across the country back to Louisiana just to return home and be a part of the rebuilding. "All my friends and family have returned to the city," Bart said. "Some of my friends are even transferring to Tulane (University) because they just want to do whatever they can to help." Bart's family returned to New Orleans in January while her younger sister finished her senior year at a boarding school in Dallas.

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Freshmen stay the course of IU's campus

By Kristi Oloffson · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:43 p.m.

Though most freshmen have spent a lifetime navigating only one building to go to class, they were given the challenge of navigating an entire campus when classes started yesterday.

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Man exposes himself to female student in IMU

By Mike McElroy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:40 p.m.

An unidentified male exposed himself to a female student while she studied in the south lobby of the Indiana Memorial Union Sunday evening, according to IU Police Department reports.

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Student group protests Wal-Mart spree

By Kasey Hawrysz · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:39 p.m.

Fifteen members of the IU chapter of No Sweat!, a labor rights organization, attempted to block shuttle buses of shoppers from entering Wal-Mart for IU's traditional Midnight Madness shopping frenzy Friday night. Group members linked arms and carried a banner that read "Rolling back prices -- and workers' rights," holding their ground as buses attempted to get past, members said.

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Auditorium adds two concerts to fall season

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:22 p.m.

The IU Auditorium has announced tickets for the 2006-07 season. Beach Boys tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and are available at the IU Auditorium Box Office and through www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.

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Tiger's a different breed: A legend

By Alyson Brodsy and Evan Harris · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:21 p.m.

It's exciting to know we're witnessing greatness. Not just greatness, but domination -- a full track length ahead of the competition. Eldrick Woods, or as we have come to know him, "Tiger", is that dominance. He is that impressive. He is a legend. And don't take it lightly. To witness history is a privilege many usually take for granted. We followed Michael Jordan as he defied gravity along the way to becoming the catalyst to six Chicago Bulls championships. We were able to watch Wayne Gretzky set 40 regular-season records and 15 playoff records in the NHL. More importantly, we are following the career path of the greatest golfer ever to pull a club out of the bag. Ten years into an awesome career, Tiger is creeping up behind Jack Nicklaus for most PGA Tour major championships; 12 to the Golden Bear's 18. And Nicklaus' total was amassed during a brilliant 25-year career. As he turns 31 in December of this year, Tiger is on pace to surpass the major record. We should assume that 15 years from now, if Tiger stays on the tour, he will have recorded 20 major championships. Of course, something should be said for Nicklaus finishing as the runner-up in a major 17 times, as opposed to Tiger finishing second only twice. It could be that Tiger morphs into Dennis Eckersley on Sundays, throwing on a mullet wig and a Groucho Marx 'stache to close out the round. Or maybe Nicklaus was also that dominant in his day.

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Indiana and Ohio vie for Honda part suppliers

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:16 p.m.

GREENSBURG, Ind.-- Economic development officials in Indiana and Ohio who competed for a $550 million auto assembly plant that Honda Motor Co. announced in June would be built in southeastern Indiana are now engaged in another battle. The two states are vying to attract auto suppliers that would make parts for the Greensburg plant, which will employ 2,000 workers and eventually produce 200,000 vehicles annually. Honda plans to spend $1.5 billion each year to provide resources to that plant. Indiana Commerce Secretary Mickey Maurer said he and Gov. Mitch Daniels are eager for Indiana to beat out Ohio in this next round of Honda-related growth. "We're going to be very aggressive," Maurer told The Indianapolis Star for a Sunday story.

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Artifacts

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:11 p.m.

What: A spirit house from Bang Saen, Thailand Where to find it: Exhibit in "Thoughts, Things, and Theories...What is Culture?" at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures Why you should care: A spirit house is believed to provide a place for a person's khwan -- the part of the soul that keeps its identity from one life to the next, and which resides in a tree or spirit house associated with its former home when between mortal lives. Another aspect of a human's soul, called phii, also takes up residence in the spirit house and is appealed to for protection and blessing. Other spirits, connected to the land itself, are guardian angels of fire, earth, water, and vegetation. Thought to be the original owners of the land, they can protect the current inhabitants from these forces. All these spirits are honored (or appeased) by offerings placed in the spirit house. The garlands, ribbon and soda bottle displayed here are typical of such gifts. These practices are very widespread in central Thailand, found in both urban and rural settings, among people of all economic classes, social groups and professions.

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Young adults get creative with living arrangements to save money

By Alyson Brodsy and Martha Irvine · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:10 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Some are buying homes with friends or siblings. Others barter for rent -- or live in buildings where residents share occasional meals, childcare and sometimes a car. In particularly pricey areas, such as Manhattan, still others are living in "dorms for adults." Housing costs that can dwarf a starting salary are prodding young adults in many parts of the country to get increasingly creative about their living arrangements -- well beyond the moving-back-with-the-folks scenario. They do it to save money, share resources and, when possible, to build equity. Along the way, many also see it as a chance to build community in the impersonal, big city.

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